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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instil /ɪnˈstɪl/ (also instill)

▶verb (instils, instilling, instilled)

1 gradually but firmly establish in someone's mind.

2 put (a liquid) into something in drops.

– derivatives
instillation noun,
instilment noun.

– origin ME: from L. instillare, from in- ‘into’ + stillare ‘to drop’.

'instil' also found in these Oxford entries:

din - inculcate - infuse

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